On 21-Mar-07, at 3:39 AM, Anton Rolls wrote: > Here's a status update: > > Today, roughly following instructions from: > http://code-factor.blogspot.com/2006/11/compiling-factor-on- > windows.html > > I have: > - installed MinGW and MSYS > - compiled Factor successfully > - started Factor with http://factorcode.org/images/latest/ > boot.image.x86 > Factor booted up and started compiling words, but then: > Words calling ``alien-invoke'' cannot run in the interpreter. > Compile the > caller word and try again. > delegate f > alien-invoke-error-library "freetype" > alien-invoke-error-symbol "FT_Init_FreeType" > > - I understand that I also need freetype
I guess those Windows instructions miss one step. You need to find your Factor 0.88 Windows binary package, and copy the .dll files into repos/Factor/. Then bootstrap again. It will work. I agree that setting up a GNU toolchain on Windows can be a pain. But you only need to do it once. Slava ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
